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Taliban claim responsibility for attack on Afghan base
By: Maliha | 19th June 2013 Taliban claim responsibility for attack on Afghan base KABUL: The Taliban on Wednesday claimed responsibility for an attack in Afghanistan overnight that killed four US troops, just hours after Washington said its officials would met the insurgents for talks. “Last night two big rockets were launched...
US to stop missile strikes immediately: PM Advisor
By: Farah Jamil | 18th June 2013 US to stop missile strikes immediately: PM Advisor ISLAMABAD: Advisor to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security‚ Sartaj Aziz, on Tuesday demanded of Washington to immediately stop its covert drone strike campaign inside Pakistani territory, media reported. He said that Islamabad would chalk out...
Deadly Colorado blaze subsides with help from rain
By: Reuters | 15th June 2013 Deadly Colorado blaze subsides with help from rain COLORADO SPRINGS: A deadly wildfire that has ravaged 400 homes, ranking as Colorado’s most destructive ever, subsided on Friday as authorities reported significant headway in containing the blaze on the outskirts of Colorado Springs with help from rain...
Sentence goes on for Pakistani detainees in Bagram
By: AFP | 12th June 2013 Sentence goes on for Pakistani detainees in Bagram FAISALABAD: The US handed over control of Afghanistan’s Bagram jail to the Kabul government three months ago. But nothing has changed for dozens of foreign inmates – mostly Pakistani citizens – still locked up inside “the Afghan Guantanamo”....
Netanyahu, Putin discuss Syria crisis
By: Afraz Ahmed | 9th June 2013 Netanyahu, Putin discuss Syria crisis Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken to Russia’s Vladimir Putin after Moscow offered to bolster the beleaguered UN peacekeeping force monitoring the Israeli-Syrian ceasefire line on the Golan Heights, Netanyahu’s office said Sunday. “We discussed issues linked to...
Insight into NSA’s PRISM program
By: Farah Jamil | 8th June 2013 Insight into NSA’s PRISM program In order to monitor private Web data, the NSA uses a program code-named PRISM, which sounds like “1984.” Many people don’t have a proper understanding about this program. Basically, it is the top-secret surveillance program, code-named PRISM, that...
Pak-US-Afghan trilateral meeting discusses coordination measures
By: Fawad Khan | 8th June 2013 Pak-US-Afghan trilateral meeting discusses coordination measures RAWALPINDI: Pak-US-Afghanistan Trilateral meeting between military commanders was held here on Saturday. It was attended by the General Joseph F. Dunford, Commander International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF), General Sher Mohammad Karimi, Chief of General Staff (CGS) Afghan National...
Gunman kills six in California spree and is shot dead by police
By: Reuters | 8th June 2013 Gunman kills six in California spree and is shot dead by police SANTA MONICA: A gunman dressed in black killed at least six people in a string of shootings through the seaside California town of Santa Monica on Friday before he was shot dead by police in a community college...
Court allows to disclose customer call records, over NSA’s request
By: Aqsa Ishtiaque | 7th June 2013 Court allows to disclose customer call records, over NSA’s request The disclosure of a classified court order requiring a Verizon subsidiary to disclose its customers’ calling records to the National Security Agency offered a rare glimpse into the breadth of the federal government’s secret authority to mine Americans’...
Iran support for global terror surged in 2012: US
By: AP | 31st May 2013 Iran support for global terror surged in 2012: US WASHINGTON: The Obama administration is accusing Iran of increasing support for global terrorism to levels not seen for two decades. The administration also says core elements of al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan are headed for defeat, as...
‘Obama’ surfs Internet from Chinese cafe: report
By: Farah Jamil | 29th May 2013 ‘Obama’ surfs Internet from Chinese cafe: report BEIJING: President Barack Obama appears to be a regular customer of a Chinese Internet cafe, reports said, after the manager forged an identity card in the US leader’s name to help surfers avoid China’s web rules. The card...
Kerry defends US drone programme
By: Alize Ahmed | 26th May 2013 Kerry defends US drone programme US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday defended America’s use of drones to hunt down wanted terror leaders, saying the pilotless planes are only used against confirmed targets and after much vetting. “Let me very clear first...
Pentagon to control some CIA drone operations
By: Reuters | 21st May 2013 Pentagon to control some CIA drone operations WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama’s administration has decided to give the Pentagon control of some drone operations against terrorism suspects overseas that are currently run by the CIA, several US government sources said on Monday. Obama has pledged more...
Israel bombed Syria: US media
By: AFP | 4th May 2013 Israel bombed Syria: US media Israel conducted an air-strike in Syria overnight targeting a weapons shipment headed for the militant movement group Hezbollah based in neighboring Lebanon, US media reported. CNN television said that US and Western intelligence agencies were reviewing information suggesting Israel likely...
CIA dollars for Karzai ended up with Taliban
By: Alize Ahmed | 29th April 2013 CIA dollars for Karzai ended up with Taliban KABUL: For more than a decade, wads of American dollars packed into suitcases, backpacks and, on occasion, plastic shopping bags have been dropped off every month at the offices of Afghanistan’s president — courtesy of the Central Intelligence...
Obama gives warning to Syria on chemical weapons
By: AFP | 27th April 2013 Obama gives warning to Syria on chemical weapons WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has warned Syria that using chemical weapons would be a “game changer,” as he faces rising pressure at home and abroad to intervene in the country’s bloody civil war. But speaking Friday, a...
Bush asks younger brother to aim for White House
By: AFP | 25th April 2013 Bush asks younger brother to aim for White House DALLAS: Former US president George W. Bush urged his younger brother Jeb to aim for the White House in a 2016 campaign that could enshrine his family as America’s ultimate political dynasty. “He’d be a marvelous candidate if he...
UN forum endorses measures to improve sustainable forest management
By: Alize Ahmed | 21st April 2013 UN forum endorses measures to improve sustainable forest management United Nations member states on Saturday agreed on a series of measures to improve the sustainable management of forests, including the setting up a voluntary global fund to support this endeavour. The United Nations Forum on Forests, which...
Revenge: Taliban threaten US troops in Afghanistan
By: AFP | 18th April 2013 Revenge: Taliban threaten US troops in Afghanistan KABUL: The Taliban on Thursday pledged to take revenge on US troops in Afghanistan after guards at Guantanamo prison fired non-lethal rounds at inmates to quell unrest. Guards at the US-run prison in Cuba fired the rounds last...
Proviso: North Korea demands US to withdraw nuclear weapons before dialogue
By: Aqsa Ishtiaque | 18th April 2013 Proviso: North Korea demands US to withdraw nuclear weapons before dialogue North Korea said the U.S. must remove all its nuclear weapons from the Korean peninsula and end joint military exercises with South Korea before it will agree to talks, laying out conditions the U.S. has already rejected. The U.S....
Texas: Fertilizer plant blast kills hundreds
By: Reuters | 18th April 2013 Texas: Fertilizer plant blast kills hundreds Texas: Hundreds of people were likely injured in a fiery explosion on Wednesday night at a fertiliser plant near Waco, Texas, that damaged or destroyed numerous buildings including a school and nursing home, authorities said. The blast was...
Deadly poison found in letter sent to US senator
By: Reuters | 17th April 2013 Deadly poison found in letter sent to US senator US authorities intercepted a letter sent to Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker yesterday that preliminary tests showed contained the deadly poison ricin. The letter has been sent for further analysis to an accredited laboratory, Capitol police said last night....
Boston Marathon Blasts, kill 3
By: Reuters | 16th April 2013 Boston Marathon Blasts, kill 3 BOSTON: At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. TV footage showed bloodied runners and spectators being treated at the scene...
Russia’s blacklist contains 18 US officials
By: AFP | 13th April 2013 Russia’s blacklist contains 18 US officials MOSCOW: Russia on Saturday published its own blacklist of US officials banned from entering the country in retaliation for Washington’s move Friday to name 18 Russians who allegedly committed human rights abuses. “The war of lists is not...
53% US population supports gay marriage: Survey
By: Alize Ahmed | 13th April 2013 53% US population supports gay marriage: Survey As the US Supreme Court debates the constitutionality of gay marriage issues and politician after politician comes out in support of same-sex marriage, a new poll in US finds that a majority of Americans—53 percent—believe same sex couples...
Man imprisoned for 7years for stealing Obama’s teleprompter
By: Monitoring Desk | 13th April 2013 Man imprisoned for 7years for stealing Obama’s teleprompter President Obama’s teleprompter may be more valuable than even his biggest critics claim. After all, a man who stole Obama’s teleprompter was sentenced to seven years in federal prison. “The theft of government property is a serious offense,”...
 
 
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